1981 On this day in history uS government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer

1981 World Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on March - 05.

1981 Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 on this day in history.

1982 Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood on this day in history.

1982 On this day in history parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development

1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data on this day in history.